Please see the entrants list on the 4th page below to confirm your entry.
For comments or questions, please contact:
Mike Maguire 812-454-1675 or meteormike@msn.com
Or use the contact moderator button at the top of this page.
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This was last years chess thread:
Chess Tournament March 2, 2024
Started by metmike - Dec. 11, 2023, 10:36 p.m.
Information about this years tournament:
North Jr. High Spring Scholastic Chess Tournament
Saturday, March 8, 2025
North Junior High School, 15325 HighWay 41 N., Evansville, IN 47725
Individual AWARDS
*1st and under; Top 8 get trophies
*3rd and under: Top 18 28 get trophies Top 3 schools using top 4 scores
* 6th and under: Top 30 40 get trophies Top 3 schools using top 4 scores
* 8th and under: Top 6 get trophies Top 2 schools using top 4 scores
*12th and under: Top 12 get trophies Top 3 schools-using top 4 scores
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• 4-6 rounds anticipated for all sections. No one is eliminated.
•Players meeting at 9:00 AM•
Rd.1 Starts at 9:20 AM following rounds begin ASAP.
•Entry fee : $12 per player by March 6th, 2025
Make sure in the notes to include your child's full name, grade and school.
Entries after March 6th must be on site on March 8th for $15 if space allows.
•On-Site registration must be there BEFORE 8:45 AM. Call or email to confirm availability. Tournament limited to first 200 registrants. Food available on site. Pizza, starting 11am.
•INFORMATION:
Mike Maguire, meteormike@msn.com, 812-454-1675; 812-867-0975
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ENTRY FORM
Player`s name__________________________________________________
Player`s School_______________________________ Player's Grade_____
Section: 3rd and under_______ 6th and under_______8th and under______12th and under_____
Parent/Coach Name___________________________________________________
Phone:(_____)______________________ email_______________________________
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This is a non USCF rated tournament.
Students may be able to get a bye if they're leaving early or leaving for an hour during the tournament and coming back. You must let us know 15 minutes BEFORE the pairings for the round that you'll miss.
We will try to constantly update the list of those entered on the next page below:
We're getting an extremely late start in 2025 with less than 2 weeks to go so our numbers will likely be DOWN!
Last year we had:
1. 57 students in 3rd and under
2. 67 students in 6th and under
3. 13 students in 8th and under
4. 17 students in 12th and under
5. Total signed up =154 students
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2 years ago, we had:
1. 53 students in the 3rd and under division.
2. 58 students in the 6th and under division.
3. 17 students in the 8th and under division.
4. 34 students in the 12th and under division.
5. Total signed up =162 students
If any information is not correct below, you can contact me at meteormike@msn.com to have it fixed. Or just hit the "Contact" moderator button at the top of this screen.
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March 8, 2025 NJH tournament
Entries received thru March 7, 5pm
12th and under
Maddox Jones-Soccer-please delete
1. Hayden Divine-10 Home school-paid
2. Issac Jones-10 NHS-paid
3. Layne Jenkins-11-NHS-paid
4. Anderson Fish-12-NHS-paid
5. Nicholas Fish-11-EDS-paid
6. Noah Chaney-11-Reitz-paid
7. Justin Payne-11-Reitz-paid
8. Vir Patel-11-NHS-paid
9. Taylor Morgan-11-NHS
10. Chad Mullinax-11-NHS-paid
11. Greta Griffin-12-EDS-paid
12. Parth Patel-11-Signature
13. Purab Patel-9-Signature
14. Elias Wallace-12-NHS
8th and under
1. Levi Cutrell-8-Home School-paid
2. Luke Williamson-7-NJH-paid
3. Ethan Bell-8-Home School-paid
4. Eli Bolin-7-NJH
5. Raegon Brenner-7-NJH
6. Jacob Aurand-7-NJH-paid
7. Elliot Piekos-8-Good Shepherd-paid
8. Brayden Wild-7-Home School-paid
9. Chance Davis-7-NJH-paid
6th and under
1. Blake Bender-5-Oak Hill-paid
2. Nicholas Jones-4-McCutchanville-paid
3. Andrew Burczyk-5-McCutchanville-paid
4. Austin Devine-5-Home School-paid
5. Guisel Johnson-6-Home School-paid
6. Waylon McDonald-6-Helfrich Park-paid
7. Will Weatherwax-5-McCutchanville
8. Isaiah Shelton-5-Oak Hill-paid
9. Elijah Griffith-4-Scott-paid
10. Isaac Ball-5 Cynthia Heights-paid
11. Vivian Aurand-4-Scott-SWIM MEET-1
12. Lillian Kightly-4-Oak Hill-paid
13. Max LeBoube-6-Scott-paid
14. Paxton Holly-4-Oak Hill-paid
15. Andrew Scherer-6-Scott-paid
16. Kendon Horn-6-Scott
17. Ella Fulkerson-6-Scott-paid
18. Max Dowdy-6-McCutchanville-paid
19. Matthew Ethridge-5-McCutchanville-paid
20. Jacob Ethridge-4-McCutchanville-paid
21. Wyatt Santini-5-McCutchanville-paid
22. Aiden Santini-4-McCutchanville-paid
23. Hudson Lipscomb-5-McCutchanville-paid
24. Henry Johnson-6-Oak Hill-paid
25. Luke Leho-5-McCutchanville-paid
26. Benny Wilson-4-Oak Hill-paid
27. Harvey Chatmon-4-Oak Hill-paid
28. Ethan Russel-5-Oak Hill-paid
29. Jayden Strickland-5-Oak Hill-paid
30. Tarik Sasic-5-McCutchanville
31. Ammar Sasic-4-McCutchanville
32. Will Stratman-5-Cynthia Heights-paid
33. Gabe Hirsch-4- Oak Hill-paid
34. Samuel Johnson-4-Cynthia Heights-paid
35. Jacob Reis-5-McCutchanville-paid
36. Lucas Jackson-4-Cynthia Heights-paid
37. Weston Wallace-5 Cynthia Heights-paid
38. Braydon Kapp-5-Oak Hill-paid
39. Anistyn Kissel-4-Scott-paid
40. Gabe Dart-5-Oak Hill-paid
41. Joshua Sapp-5-Good Shephard-paid
42. Ayden Dunn-5-McCutchanville
43. Shiv Patel-6-McCutchanville-paid
44. Luke Leho-5-McCutchanville-paid-LISTED #25 above-2
45. Samuel Kaufman-6-Scott-paid
46. Eli Rexing-4-Cynthia Heights
47. Isabella Sparling-4-McCutchanville-paid
48. Aarav Patel-4-McCutchanville
49. Alexis Beckerle-4-Cynthia Heights-paid-VOLLEYBALL-3
50. Charles Graber-4-Scott-paid
51. Noah Smith-5-Corpus Christi-paid
52. Kavin Ravichandran-5-Chandler 1326 rating
53. Grae Carron-5-Oak Hill-paid WITHDREW
54. Aleksander Rynkiewicz-5-McCutchanville-paid
55. Evan Richardson-5-Scott-paid
56. Ksenia Sauchenko-4-Castle-paid
57. Pierce Colbert-4-Oak Hill-PAID
58. Robert Bell-4-Resurrection-paid
59. Max Dowdy-6-McCutchanville-paid-listed #18 above-4
60. Hampton Langley-4-Cynthia Heights-paid
61. Moses Barber-4-EDS-paid
62. William Romerhausen-5-Cynthia Heights-paid
63. Ritesh Patel-6-McCutchanville-paid
64. Rivers Morris--4-paid-Cynthia Heights-paid
65. Dhanvin Kancharla-5-Chandler-paid
66. Tymofiii Savchenko-4-Castle-paid
67. Alexander Paul-5-Chandler-paid
68. Vihann Shah-5-Chandler-paid
69. Tridev Shankar-5-Chandler-paid
70. Kevin Fang-4-Oak Hill-paid
71. Owen Baresic-5-Oak Hill-paid
72. Joey DeWeese-6-Scott-paid
73. Cooper Niehaus-5-Resurrection
74. Arjun Patel-4- Castle
75. Persephone Slosser-4-Home School-paid
3rd and under(1st and Under is underlined-they play in the same division but get separate awards)
1. Christopher Kleist-3-McCutchanville-paid
2. Thomas Johnson-3-Home School-paid
3. Abram Johnson-1-Home School-paid
4. Riley Ball-3-Cynthia Heights-paid
5. Phillip Meador-3-Scott
6. Connor Petrancosta-2-Scott-paid
7. Xander Petrancosta-K-Scott-paid
8. Duke Soderling-2-McCutchanville-paid
9. Oliver Lipscomb-3-McCutchanville-paid
10. Hannah Leho-2-McCutchanville-WITHDRAWN-5
11. Logan Matheson-2-McCutchanville-paid
12. Nathan Russel-2 Oak Hill-paid
13. Valerie Utley-1- Castle-paid
14. Sa'Mauren Johnson-1-Scott-paid
15. Evan Stratman-1-Cynthia Heights-paid
16. Caleb Reis-2-McCutchanville-paid
17. Clark Jackson-2-Cynthia Heights-paid
18. Reid Wallace-2-Cynthia Heights-paid
19. Sophia Weldon-3-Scott-paid
20. Alton Kissel-3-Scott-paid
21. Sterling Laufer-1-Scott-paid
22. Tyler Givens-3-Scott-paid
23. Nate Selby-3-Castle-paid
24. Nolan Selby-1-Castle-paid
25. Nolan Calhoun-2-Oak Hill-paid
26. Rudr Patel-2-McCutchanville-paid
27. Milo Casas-2-Cynthia Heights-paid
28. Kase Rexing-3-Cynthia Heights
29. Viransh Bahuva-3-Chandler-paid
30. Neon Tan-3-EDS-paid
31. Jacklyn Sparling-2-McCutchanville-paid
32. Vincent Morozov-3 EDS-paid
33. Madelyn Guthrie-2-McCutchanville
34. Eden Warren-3-Oak Hill-paid-OTHER ACTIVITY-6
35. Victoria Warren-1-Oak Hill-paid
36. Nolan Huang-2-McCutchanville
37. Andrew Seib-3-Scott-paid
38. Reva Magdum-Chandler-3-paid
39. Gage Gardner-3-Scott-paid
40. Evan Rexing-2-Cythia Heights-paid
41. Finley Morris-2-paid-Cynthia Heights-paid
42. Henry Patterson-1-Good Shepherd-paid
43. Lindsey Patterson-3-Good Shepherd-paid
44. Caspian Slosser-2-Home School-paid-thanks for calling me-I found 15 other emails buried in my junk folder!
45. David Stuckey-2-Montessori-paid
46. Leo Schmitt-3-EDS-paid
47. Aadhavi Ravichandran-pre-K-Montessori-paid
48. Trilok Shankar-1-EDS-paid
49. Daniel Scherer, 3-Scott-paid
50. Kate Kaufman-3-Scott-paid
51. Viraen Magdum-pre-K-Montessori Academy-paid
Total 149-6(WITHDRAWN) =143 students
With this many in the 6th and under division, we may need 7 rounds to establish a clear winner. On Saturday, I will not be getting emails so please call me 812-454-1675 or see me in person at the tournament. Thanks Mike
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https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/110108/#110109
Individual AWARDS
*1st and under; Top 8 ….boosted to 12 get trophies
*3rd and under: Top 1828 get trophies (36) if we count the 1st grade) Top 3 schools using top 4 scores
* 6th and under: Top 30 40 get trophies Top 3 schools using top 4 scores
* 8th and under: Top 6 get trophies Top 2 schools using top 4 scores
*12th and under: Top 12 get trophies Top 3 schools-using top 4 scores
Our numbers will be way down this year because we started sign ups with less than 2 weeks to go before the tournament.
Regardless of whatever the number is this year, many students will enjoy playing in this tournament again in 2025. A tournament with origins of almost 4 decades ago.
Here's the story on that:
By metmike - Feb. 24, 2025, 8:03 p.m.
Previous chess threads here:
Chess Tournament March 2, 2024
Started by metmike - Dec. 11, 2023, 10:36 p.m.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/101175/
Congratulations to North High School Chess!
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/82701/
Chess Coach Stories
Started by metmike - July 29, 2021, 7:23 p.m.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/72860/
Best chess coach ever (not me)
Started by metmike - Feb. 6, 2022, 3:19 p.m.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/81440/
Wonderful ChessTournament with pictures
Started by metmike - March 2, 2020, 4:17 p.m.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/48387/
Chess tournament November 16, 2019 with pictures
Started by metmike - Nov. 16, 2019, 9:12 p.m.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/42968/
There's more to life than just chess:
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/82252/
We added 20 more trophies because numbers have grown so fast!
Our scholastic chess tournament could not have gone better!!!!
Incredible, that 2 weeks ago I thought we would have to cancel it and we ended up with 154 students, from preschool to 12th grade competing today.
More to come including results and hopefully pictures.
Congrats, Mike, on a successful tourney!
Thanks much, Larry!
When I said "pictures" I never imagined anything this amazing!!!!!!
Thank you Guisel Johnson for the most extraordinary gift to our tournament ever!
https://gjohnsonphotographyvideo.pixieset.com/njhschesstournament2025/
Use the password: "checkmate"
We had tons of people playing key roles to help make our tournament so successful again.
1. Coach Logan, who stepped in to replace my partner to run the computer generated pairings and results with lightning fast speed and efficiency.
https://www.coachloganchess.com/
2. Dozens of parents from the 5 schools that I coach at, who helped set up, tear down, run the tournament and run our concession stand that made $400(one of our best years). Also, there were numerous donations of food, baked goods and snacks.
3. North Junior High and the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation that allowed us to use this wonderful facility, as well as delivering the tables and chairs that we needed.
4. My wife Debbie, who took all the entry fees with her Venmo and Pay Pal accounts.
5. The parents(families) of the students that participated. Paying for and supporting them by giving up their Saturday to be at their chess tournament.
6. Our 5 schools, the many other schools, including home school and their chess coaches/families that provide chess programs and opportunities during the year for these students to participate in scholastic chess.
Results coming next!
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We had 6 teams from 4 of our schools competing in the State Championship last month.
Our North High School team finished in 5th place!
